October 8, 2020
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post looks at the life of two renowned French composers for organ (Louis Vierne and Olivier Messiaen), and their compositions in the NLS Music Collection.
Posted in: Bach , Blind Musicians , Blind Teachers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Classical Music , Instrumental Music , Large Print , Large Print Music , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Organ , Paris , Performing music , Piano , Piano Music , Talking Books
July 30, 2020
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
It is the end of July, and it's time to let you know about the new audio and braille scores now available on BARD.
Posted in: Accordion , American Composers , Audio , Bach , Band , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Broadway , Choral , Classical Music , Folk Music , Guitar , Guitar instruction , Instrumental Music , Jazz , Johann Sebastian , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , Orchestra , Organ , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Richard Wagner , Talking Books , Uncategorized , Virtuosic Piano Music , Vocal music
May 28, 2020
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
This month we have a veritable bonanza of new talking books and braille music that we've added to BARD for your enjoyment! This includes two new podcasts from Smithsonian Folkways, a Nat King Cole songbook, Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and braille music for flute and piano.
Posted in: American Composers , Audio , Bach , Blind Musicians , Bluegrass , Blues , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Cello , Choral , Classical Music , Flute , Folk Music , Golden-Chord , Guitar , Instrumental Music , Jazz , Labor , Leonard Bernstein , Mandolin , Music History and Appreciation , Nat King Cole , New Acquisitions , New Orleans , Orchestra , Organ , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Smithsonian Folkways , Uncategorized , Vocal music , Women in Music , World Music
February 27, 2020
Posted by: Brian McCurdy
Now that we have reached the end of February, it’s time to let you know about new materials available from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Audio , Blind Teachers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Braille Music Digitization , Choral , Classical Music , Disco , Free Braille Music Scores , Guitar , Instrumental Music , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Organ , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Popular Music Lead Sheets , Soundtrack , Talking Books , Uncategorized , Violin music , Virtuosic Piano Music , Vocal music
January 30, 2020
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
It's the end of January, and time to let you know about new materials available from the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: Aaron Copland , Accordion , American Composers , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Classical Music , Horn , Instrumental Music , Johann Sebastian , Large Print , Large Print Music , Libretto , Music Composition , Music Education , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , Musical instruments , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Organ , Piano , Piano Music , Teaching Students with Visual Impairments , Uncategorized , Vocal music , Voyager Catalog
May 2, 2019
Posted by: Lindsay Conway
May the Fourth be with you! Learn about the music that shaped the Star Wars soundtrack with the NLS Music Section.
Posted in: American Composers , Audio , Braille , Classical Music , Guest Post , Gustav Holst , Instrumental Music , John Williams , March , Music History and Appreciation , Orchestra , Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky , Richard Wagner , Soundtrack , Star Wars , Talking Books
January 24, 2019
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This blog post highlights some of the pieces in the NLS Music collection inspired by the works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, who was born on this day in 1776.
Posted in: Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille libretto , Braille Music , Classical Music , Instrumental Music , Libretto , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Performing music , Piano , Piano Music , Talking Books , Vocal music
September 6, 2018
Posted by: Katie Rodda
This week, we will take a look at American composer George Gershwin. George Gershwin was one of the first American composers to use both popular and classical idioms. Years before his most famous compositions were penned, he worked on Tin Pan Alley as a song plugger—that is, someone who was hired to play and promote …
Posted in: American Composers , Audio , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Broadway , Choral , Classical Music , Jazz , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Performing music , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , saxophone
July 26, 2018
Posted by: Gilbert Busch
Read this blog and discover new materials, recorded and braille, now available from the NLS Music Section. Audio Materials All of the following are productions of Bill Brown. Banjo American Pie. Teaches this Don McLean song without the use of music notation. (DBM03915) Piano Bless the Broken Road. Teaches how to play “Bless the Broken …
Posted in: Art Songs , Audio , Banjo , Braille , Braille and Audio Reading Download BARD , Braille Music , Music Composition , Music History and Appreciation , Music Instruction , New Acquisitions , NLS Music Section , NLS Online Catalog , Orchestra , Piano , Piano Music , Popular Music , Recordings , Talking Books , Vocal music
